Stem Cell Family of the Human Skeleton

Stanford University scientists have discovered true human skeletal stem cells for the first time. “The cell, which can be isolated from human bone or generated from specialized cells in fat, gives rise to progenitor cells that can make new bone, the spongy stroma of the bone’s interior and the cartilage that helps our knees and other joints function smoothly and painlessly.” It is capable of growing into bone, cartilage and bone marrow. MORE